You might think it's still early in the year to be posting about bats, but you know how Halloween creep is. Some people celebrate their creepy side all year round. For me, bats are a summertime thing, and they've just now abandoned my house to migrate south for the winter. At any rate, bats are fascinating once you get over the ick factor.
Bats are masters at flying, although they do it differently from birds. They aren't all that great at walking, but they try. Some can even swim! That phrase "blind as a bat" doesn't mean anything, because bats can see quite well, thank you. They only use echolocation because they fly in the dark. There are so many species of bat that their specialized diets cover just about anything available, which means their biology differs greatly as well.
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